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H. W. DEMING. PAPER BOX.

No. 415,858. Patented Nov. 26', 18819.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY \V. DEMING, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO SAMUEL P. \VILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,858, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed July 22, 1889- gerial No. 818,301. (No model.)

To (rZZ whom it may concern: the side I), which is folded over onto the body Be it known that I, HENRY V. DEMING, a of the blank, is raised and turned outward, citizen of the United States, and a resident as in Figs. 1 and 2, the side a will also be of \Vaterbury, New Haven county, Connectiraised and turned inward,and the triangular 5 cut, have invented certain new and useful connecting portion 5, Figs. 1, 2, and 6, will Improvements in Paper Boxes, of which the swing naturally, without any manipulation, following is a specification. into position against the face of the thickened My invention is a knockdown box consistor cemented portion. ing of a blank formed so as to be folded in its By cementing one section down upon the 1o corners when the edges are turned up to form face of the body of the box, as above described, the sides and provided with fastening devices, I not only secure the ready and automatic as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated adjustment of the parts as the side a is turned in the accompanying drawings, in which up and the side 1) is turned out, but I also Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating greatly stiffen the corners of the sides 15 a portion of a blank as partly folded to form which are exposed, so as to add materially to my improved box. Fig. 2 is a perspective the strength of the box. The increased view illustrating the position of parts at one strength of these portions of the box is also of corner before the sides are brought to their great advantage, in order to secure a firm atfinal positions. Fig. 3 isa perspective View of tachment of securing devices of any desired 20 one corner of the completed box. Fig. 4 is a character, by means of which the parts are View illustrating a different form of securing held in position when folded up to a box form. device from that shown in the other figures. The securing devices may be attached to or Fig. 5 is aplan of a portion of the blank, and form part of the strengthening corners or side Fig. 0 is a plan of a portion of the blank with of the box. Thus in Fig. 4 the doubled or 25 one of the ends folded over onto the body of thickened corner is shown as cut away to form the blank and triangular sections thereof a lip 6, which may be introduced into a slot pasted to the underlying portions. 7 in the triangular sect-ion 5 of the box, so as The box is made from an oblong or rectanto hold the parts temporarily in place. I pregular strip of paper or board A, which is fer, however, to make use of a permanent ato scored or creased along lines 1,parallel to the taching device, which may be of different edges and extending the whole length and forms, capable of being manipulated to secure width of the strip, and also on diagonal lines the parts in place when the sides are turned 2, extending diagonally each from one of the up into position. Thus, as shown in full lines corners of the blank to the point .90, where the in Fig. 2, I cement between the two connected 8 5 35 adjacent lines 1 1 intersect. The extreme portions or sections at the ends of the sides corners may be cut off on the line 1;, Fig. 5. gumined strips 8, which extend beyond the The blank thus formed may be bent or folded edges of the box and do not interfere in any upon the lines 1 1 to form upturned side and way with the knocking down of the blank; but end flanges a b, and upon the line 2 as well as when the box is set up each strip 6 may be 40 upon the extensions of thelines 1 1 beyond moistened and folded down against the inside the intersecting points :0 to form at each corof the adjacent section 5, to thereby hold the nor a fold y, Fig. 2, which may be turned latter firmly in position and maintain thebox against either of the sides a b. shape of the structure.

To aface of a triangular section, as s t as, of Instead of cementing the gummed strips 6 5 thefold I preferably apply cement of suitbetween the two connected portions, as just able character, (indicated by the shaded pordescribed, they may be secured to the outer tion, Fig. 5,) so that when the end portion of face of the side against which the fold 'y is the blank is folded over upon the body of the laid, as shown in Fig. 1, and when the box is same a triangular section (indicated by the set up folded against the sections 5; or they I00 50 shaded portion of Fig. 6) will consist of two may be secured to the sections 5 and folded thicknesses cemented together, s9 that when over the side of the box against which it is laid, as shown in Fig. 3. The gummed strips e need not project beyond the edges of the blank, but may be arranged as illustrated in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, inwhich case they are secured either to the side a or the triangular portion .9 t 00, so as to lie between them when they are folded against each other, as shown in Fig. 2, and are adapted to be folded over the flaps 5 and hold them against the sides of the box. By these means I construct a blank capable of being transported in a fiat state, and can yet transform the blank readily into a permanent box. Under some circumstances the folds 11] need not be cemented to the sides of the box against which they are laid, the fastening devices, as the strips 6, being relied upon to hold the parts together. This is particularly the case when the strips are arranged as indicated by the dotted lines; but a box thus constructed will lack the rigidity which is imparted by gumming the corner sections to the sides, as before described.

The cover of a box constructed according to my invention may be made in the same way as is the box itself, or in any other desired manher. The folds y may be turned down against the outer sides of the side pieces of the one; and it will be evident that the gummed strips maybe used whenever it is necessary to secure together the sides and corner-pieces of any desired construction, whether in the form of folds or flaps or tongues.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim 1. A knockdown-box blank constructed to be folded along the lines 1 and 2 to form upcuring the corner folds when the box is set up, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the inturn ed ends of the blank, one section cemented upon the other, of a fastening device secured between the adjacent cemented faces and extending so as to be turned over and secured to the other section, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the blank having corner folds, of strips 8, secured each to one side section of the blank adjacent to the corner in position to be folded over and secured to the corner fold, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the blank having folded corner sections, of gummed strips secured to a portion of the blank adjacent to each section, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

HENRY W. DEMING.

Vitnesses:

P. J. STRAIN, l). P. CHABOT. 

